Journal of Leukemia

Journal of Leukemia
Open Access

ISSN: 2329-6917

Research Article - (2014) Volume 2, Issue 3

Engraftment of Human Primary Acute Myeloid Leukemia Defined by Integrated Genetic Profiling in NOD/SCID/IL2rγnull Mice for Preclinical Ceramide-Based Therapeutic Evaluation

Brian M Barth1,2*, Nichole R Keasey1,2, Xujung Wang1,2, Sriram S Shanmugavelandy3, Raajit Rampal4,5, Todd Hricik4,5, Myles C Cabot6, Mark Kester7, Hong- Gang Wang2,3,8, Leonard D Shultz9, Martin S Tallman4, Ross L Levine4,5, Thomas P Loughran Jr7 and David F Claxton1,2
1Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, USA
2Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, USA
3Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, USA
4Leukemia Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA
5Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA
6Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, USA
7University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, USA
8Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, USA
9The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, USA
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Brian M Barth, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, PO Box 850, CH46 Hershey, PA 17033, USA, Tel: 717-531-0003 (289457) Email:

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